24% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 5.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 87% of compared French towns: 27%. 4,386 residents in 1,890 households: that is La Brède at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 13%.
Throughout this page, the Gironde median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of La Brède
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Brède grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 71% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde.
La Brède is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Brède 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; La Brède has 24%. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 87% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9% in La Brède. Few places have so few second homes: 1.2% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €32,030 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in La Brède is €32,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
La Brède ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5.9%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
For La Brède, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in La Brède.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; La Brède has 21%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns, at 47%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 4,356 to 4,414 people: this is the 16th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Labège is the youngest (33); Le Château-d'Oléron the oldest (55).
La Brède is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Brède | 47.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans 3,409 · 2.2 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 0.5% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 2.5 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Martillac 3,659 · 2.9 mi | 40.6 | 14% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 3.8 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Saucats 3,548 · 4.1 mi | 38.7 | 14% | 1.1% | 3% |
| Cadaujac 6,909 · 4.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in La Brède
What is the population of La Brède?
4,386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,967).
How old are La Brède’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Brède?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Brède?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 96 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Brède?
€32,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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